(CNN) — Saturday’s funeral for legendary pop singer Whitney Houston is expected to be made available for television and web streaming from the New Jersey church where she grew up, Houston’s publicist said Wednesday.

The services, to be held at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, will be in a much smaller, more intimate setting than the concert halls and arenas Houston packed during her heyday.

NEW YORK — MSNBC dropped conservative commentator Pat Buchanan on Thursday, four months after suspending him following the publication of his latest book.

The book “Suicide of a Superpower” contained chapters titled “The End of White America” and “The Death of Christian America.” Critics called the book racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic, charges Buchanan denied.

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Showing that it is a part of the evolving mainstream of America, the New Jersey Legislature passed a same-sex marriage law yesterday. Catholic Governor Chris Christie went on TV to say that as he promised, he will veto the bill. Governor, you are letting your personal beliefs and those of your church when you deny this civil right that more and more states are passing to stop discriminating against a part of the population based upon what the Pope in Rome teaches and your personal feelings. It is your choice to veto, just like it is your choice to not take 1 or 2 doughnuts BUT abscond with the whole platter before your staff arrives for the meeting. :)

Republican candidates have lately been parroting Charles Murray‘s argument that our “entitlement society” has created a nation of deadbeats who would rather live off government benefits than find a job. In response, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) released a study earlier this week showing the fraction of government benefits that go to able-bodied workers…

(CNN) — Saturday’s funeral for legendary pop singer Whitney Houston is expected to be made available for television and web streaming from the New Jersey church where she grew up, Houston’s publicist said Wednesday.

The services, to be held at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, will be in a much smaller, more intimate setting than the concert halls and arenas Houston packed during her heyday.

PELOSI: DOES MY GOOD FRIEND, THE GENTLEMAN FROM GEORGIA, KNOW WHAT THE HIP BONE IS CONNECTED TO?- If you’re a Democratic minority leader in the House, your duties mostly consist of tossing off good one-liners and making sure Heath Shuler and co. don’t propose that Discovery Communications Inc

Nancy Pelosi and women in The House are very angry!

take over the Education Department. Nancy Pelosi succeeded at the former today. Jen Bendery: “House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday ripped House Republicans for holding a contentious hearing on birth control that included next to no female witnesses and even prevented one progressive woman from testifying, suggesting that she may need to step in and teach her male GOP colleagues a thing or two about the issue… “What else do you need to know about the subject?…If you need to know more, tune in, I may, I may at some point be moved to explain biology to my colleagues.” [HuffPost]